Disclaimer: I own nothing. If I did, I would have made a Dark Cloud 3 by now. The only thing I own is this story.

WST: It's time for a new chapter!

Trainalf: Excellent.

WST: Just three more days till Christmas.

Trainalf: Well, let's get started.

WST: On with the story!

Xiao had reached Toan's home and she walked inside. She saw that Toan and Renee were decorating the house in shiny lights.

"Xiao," Toan called. "Do you want to help me put up the lights?" He asked holding up a lot of the shiny lights. Xiao nodded and went to help her master. They were hanging the lights throughout the house, inside and out, while Renee was hanging the mistletoe throughout the inside of the house (without Toan and Xiao's knowledge, of course). Toan and Xiao came in from the outside and walked into the kitchen to drink some hot chocolate. They got two cups and sat at the table to drink the warm drink.

"Hey Master," Xiao started, "Is it okay for Xiao to get some materials Xiao needs?" Toan looked at the cat-girl questioningly.

"What do you need materials for?" Toan asked. Xiao giggled and said, "It's a surprise master." Toan shrugged and said, "Sure, but I'll have to go with you to make sure you don't get lost in the snow." Xiao rolled her eyes, but continued drinking her hot chocolate. Toan did the same.

A few minutes later, both of them stepped out into the cold outside and trekked through the snow to Divine Beast Cave. They were 3 feet away from the entrance, when Xiao suddenly screamed and fell down a hole.

"Xiao!" Toan screamed down the hole. He saw that Xiao was okay, but the hole was about 10 feet in the ground. "Who digs a hole in front of the cave?" Toan asked himself. "Hold on Xiao!"

"To what?" Xiao yelled up the hole. Toan sweatdropped and looked around for anything to help Xiao out of the hole. He found a large stick and put it down the hole.

"Grab onto this!" He told Xiao. Xiao grabbed the stick and Toan hoisted her out of the hole.

"Thanks Master." She said once she got out. Toan smiled and said, "No problem. I just wonder who made that hole. Oh well, let's go get your materials." They continued into the cave. Toan waited outside the entrance (because Xiao complained about master not peeking) and Xiao was looking around Divine Beast cave for some materials. She found some metal around the cave, as well as some Gold bullion, and some diamonds and pearls. She put all the materials she got in a cloth sack and left the cave.

"Ready master." She said to Toan as she left the cave. Toan eyed the cloth sack Xiao carried and asked, "What you got in there?"

"Oh nothing." Xiao said in a sing-song voice. Toan shrugged and they both started to walk back home (avoiding the hole in the ground of course).

Toan and Xiao walked into Toan's house at the same time and Toan yawned a little. He was about to go rest when he noticed a shadow on the floor. Curious, he looked up and froze in shock. Xiao noticed her master's reaction and followed his gaze. She saw some mistletoe hanging from the ceiling.

"Master, what's wrong? It's just mistletoe." She asked. Toan turned red and said, "Uhh, Xiao, you don't know the Christmas tradition for Mistletoe, do you?" Xiao shook her head.

"No master, what is it?" Toan started to stutter.

"W-well, y-you s-see, i-if a b-boy and g-girl a-are c-caught u-under t-the m-mistletoe, t-they h-have t-to k-kiss e-each o-other." He said as he turned redder, Xiao blushed and said, "Well, it's tradition." Then she started to lean closer to Toan. Toan did the same. Renee got a camera ready and got ready to take a picture.

Suddenly, Claude charged through the door and said, "I SMELL CHOCOLATE!" Toan and Xiao jumped apart and turned redder.

"Uh, I n-need to do something." Toan said. Xiao nodded and said, "Xiao too." They both ran out the door and Renee sighed.

"Shoot, so close." She sighed. Claude was oblivious to everyone else and started gulping down the leftover hot chocolate.

Toan had ran all the way back to the Divine Beast Cave and sighed. "Curse you, Claude!" He sighed. "Oh well, at least I can get Xiao's present ready." He walked into the bottom floor of the cave and saw Dran sitting in the middle of the room.

"Hello Toan." Dran said to Toan as he approached him. "What can I help you with?" Toan smiled and pulled out several gold bullion, some gemstones and a expertly drawn picture featuring a expertly designed necklace with a jade stone sketched in the shape of a fish candy in the center..

"Can you use your magic to turn this," he said indicating to the gold and gemstones, "into this necklace?" He said indicating to the picture. Dran thought for a few seconds and said, "Sure, but it'll take 10 days for it to be ready." Toan nodded and said, "Sure, that'll be fine." He left Dran and headed for the entrance.

"Well, well," Dran chuckled to himself, "Toan really cares for Xiao if he's going this far for her."

Xiao's POV

Xiao had stopped running from Toan's house and took a deep breath. "Xiao really wanted to kiss master too." She sighed. "Oh well, I better get Master's present ready." She pulled out the world map (that she borrowed from Toan) and warped to Muska Lacka (or Muska Racka). She walked over to Brooke's house and knocked on the door.

"Come in!" Brooke's voice came through the thatched door. Xiao walked in and saw the sand warrior sharpening his blades.

"Ah, Xiao," He said to Xiao, "What do I owe this honor to?" Xiao smiled at him and said, "Xiao was wondering," She pulled out the cloth sack and emptied it's contents onto the table in the room. "can you make a shield for Master for me?" Brooke eyed the items and noticed Xiao's look. He smiled.

"Of course." He said. He picked up the items and prepared to make the shield. "But, it will take 10 days for the shield to be ready. Can you wait until then?" Xiao nodded and left the room. Brooke chuckled and said, "Ah, Toan. You don't know how lucky you are to have a girl like Xiao."

WST: Shoot! So close.

Trainalf:So that's what Xiao was planning to give him.

WST: Yep, now we just need to wait for the next chapter.

Trainalf: I can't hardly wait.

WST: Please review.